The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Woodside-based 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, mounted one of the most colourful parades yet seen at the 1st Australian Task Force base, Nui Dat, South Vietnam, this month. It was the unit's farewell to operational service before embarking for home on the troop carrier, HMAS "Sydney". The battalion, first infantry unit to leave the war-zone under the withdrawal programme, paraded with all the pomp and ceremony due to the occasion. Present were senior officers of the Australian, Vietnamese, New Zealand and United States armies. The Commanding General of the 18th Division, Army of the Republic of Vietnam, Major-General Quang Van Tho, officially reviewed the departing troops on behalf of his government. On Thursday, the battalion was lifted by helicopter from the 1st Australian Logistic Support Group base, at Vung Tau, to be flown to the flight deck of the "Sydney", anchored offshore. The movement of the men, their personal weapons and baggage, was a six-hour operation. Only a few days earlier, the troops had completed operations in north-eastern Phuoc Tuy Province and returned to Nui Dat to prepare for their return to Australia. It had been the battalion's second tour in South Vietnam. The first was in 1967/68. The 3rd Battalion left Adelaide for Vietnam last February. An advance party flew home last month, to prepare for the battalion's homecoming to Woodside. Despite the shortened tour, the battalion took part in several major operations in Phuoc Tuy, including a combined operation with the only Australian battalion still in Vietnam - the 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment - due to return soon to Townsville.
The main body of the 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment/New Zealand (ANZAC), Australia's last major combat unit in South Vietnam, left yesterday aboard HMAS Sydney to return to Townsville. T
The 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment has just returned from a month-long operation in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. The operation was directed by the Battalion's Commanding Officer, 2
Members of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, arrive in Townsville tomorrow (June 1), following their relief in South Vietnam recently by 4th Battalion. For the past year 2nd Battalion has
Troops of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, this week boarded HMAS Sydney for their return from Vietnam. A year of continuous operations against the Viet Cong behind them, 7th Battalion ve
Soldiers of the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment this week handed over their operational commitment in Vietnam to incoming troops of the 3rd Battalion. From widely scattered areas of Phuoc Tuy
The Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party, and Shadow Minister for Defence, Mr Lance Barnard, this week paid a flying visit to Australian troops in the field in South Vietnam. He was accompanied
